Standing date of Tues at 9am

Got home around 6pm, stopped by purchase my wig at Brenton Village. Stan agreed it looked just like my real hair. They now tell me because of the weekly chemo dose, I may start getting thin, but I may not loose my hair quite as fast as they previously said, in 11-14 days.  Well, either way, I am now ready!

I slept all the way home, so quite tired, no nausea yet. Yeh, I have to take meds before bed and then more for the next few days to prevent that. My abdomen is still healing , so I am not too excited about the thought of vomiting, if you know what I mean.

Ok, to update from my previous blog of today. I found out that I will continue  to receive my chemo treatments in GR. The reasons for this are a few: I would have to totally transfer to an oncologist to manage my care there. I would like to continue with my surgeon/oncologist because there is still a small chance I may ever need more surgery to remove some of the cancer, if the chemo would shrink some of the cancer and they could safely remove some. Another reason is there is a real shortage of chemo meds. Nationwide clinics are having a hard time getting fairly common and routine drugs.  Dr. Harrison's office have all the drugs I will need saved with my name on them, and that is a good feeling. Also, I have heard very good reports that he is very good at managing the chemo treatments and I feel good about that also.

Lots of fun surprises waiting for us when we got home:
Jodi's homemade chicken soup.......nothing tastes better when you don't have much appetite than that.
Crane's beautiful lattice top cherry pie from my friend and cancer survivor Deb B.
CD of  scripture sung to wonderfully calming music, it was produced as a lullaby CD, but it is popular for"kids of all ages" even middle age kids. Thanks Denise, my sister's new friend from Tulsa and now my friend too. Can't wait to meet.
Any then a surprise package from my old gradeschool buddy Dave W. I knew it would be something different, so I'll share. He said he hopes we were familiar with the phrase, sending coals to Newcastle, because that is what was enclosed. 2 different flavors of milkshakes. Dave has been enjoying Stan's blog and he had to show us that Stroh's and Vernors were not out of business. You are a very thoughtful nut, and that is why we love you. Stan is already enjoying one! I looked up the phrase to make sure I knew exactly what it meant, and yep I was right.

So I now have all my appts made for Tues at 9am in GR. They will be around 2 hr appts and then every third one will be a 3 1/2 hr appt because I need to see the Dr. at that one. I have blood work done before chemo starts each week. Thanks for everyone's kind words and thoughtfulness as begin this new part of the marathon ............Turtle Saver (Anna, how do you remember that I saved a turtle way back yrs ago?? you have a good memory)